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The entire world is connected because of social media: Dr Rupa Murthy

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Showdown over new IT rules: All you need to know about Twitter vs Govt feud

Twitter row: Cong says PM Modi wants to suppress voice of 140 crore Indians

The Congress on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to suppress the voice of 140 crore Indians and does not want them to say anything against him and his government. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the action against Twitter and other social media platforms is only aimed at suppressing the freedom of their speech and expression. He said this in the context of the government initiating action against Twitter. The government has asked Twitter to comply with intermediary guidelines and said it has lost its "safe harbour" protection in India over non-compliance with IT rules and failure to appoint key personnel mandated under the new guidelines. IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said Twitter failed to comply with intermediary guidelines and has "deliberately" chosen the path of non-compliance despite being granted multiple opportunities. Surjewala said Twitter does not write anything of its own, it is the people of the country who write agains

Behind Twitter's 'non-compliance' with new IT rules: Covid-19 pandemic

Twitter said it had appointed a nodal contact person and a resident grievance officer as required under the rules

Wipro's Rishad Premji bats for self-governance by social media platforms

Wipro's Chairman Rishad Premji said social media platforms have integrated the world like never before and should be allowed to practice "responsive self-governance" to tackle the misinformation.

Mamata Banerjee condemns Centre's efforts to 'control' Twitter

The Centre, having failed to influence the microblogging platform, is now trying to bulldoze it: Banerjee

Delhi Police interrogates Twitter India MD over 'toolkit row': Sources

A senior-level team of Delhi Police's Special Cell interrogated Twitter India managing director Manish Maheshwari at Bengaluru over the 'Congress toolkit case' matter on May 31, sources said

IT rules: Penalise Twitter for non-compliance, says Mohandas Pai

Pai alleged that the microblogging platform has become ideological, biased and is no longer neutral.

Courts, not govt to decide intermediary status: law experts on Twitter row

Reports on Wednesday suggested Twitter may have lost its intermediary status under the Information Technology Act for not complying with the newly notified Information Technology Rules, 2021.

Twitter assures compliance with new IT rules after losing legal shield

After Twitter lost its status as an intermediary platform in India, it said that it will continue to make every effort to comply with the government's new IT rules

Twitter loses intermediary status over non-compliance with new rules: Rpt

Sources further said that Twitter is the only social media platform among the mainstream that has not adhered to the new laws

Parliamentary committee summons Twitter on June 18 over new IT rules

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology has called on Twitter to appear before the panel in Parliament Complex on June 18 at 4 pm

Indians created 19 online accounts on avg during Covid-19: IBM Research

The global survey asked 22,000 people in 22 markets about their online behaviour, and was conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of IBM Security

InMobi subsidiary Glance to acquire ecommerce platform Shop101

Glance is also the owner of video-sharing social media platform Roposo

Car swallowed by sinkhole in Mumbai housing premises; video goes viral

A video of a car disappearing into a sinkhole in a few seconds at a Mumbai housing complex - after the cement concrete slab it was parked on caved in - went viral on social media on Sunday.

Internet firms to fight misinformation in India while respecting rights: US

The Joe Biden administration seeks to work with the Indian government and Internet businesses to ensure that freedom of expression is respected, a senior US official has told lawmakers

England's pacer Robinson takes break from all cricket after suspension

Robinson was suspended from international cricket following resurfacing of his old racist and sexist tweets

ECB to discuss dealing with issues over historical social media material

Old tweets from England's limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan and wicket-keeper Jos Buttler have come to light which seem to be written in a way which mocks the English language used by fans

Content creators on Facebook, Instagram can now earn extra payout

Facebook and its photo-sharing platform Instagram are working on new tools for this

Instagram CEO explains how photo sharing platform decides what users see

In a bid to address misconceptions that Instagram intentionally hides certain posts, its CEO Adam Mosseri has explained in detail how the Facebook-owned photo sharing platform decides what users see